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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

Directed by Jaromil Jireš

Horror | Fantasy

Overview

Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a pair of magic earrings. Now seeing the world around her in a different light, Valerie must endure her sexual awakening while attempting to discern reality from fantasy as she encounters lecherous priest Gracian, a vampire-like stranger and otherworldly carnival folk.

Length 73 minutes

Actors

Jaroslava Schallerová | Helena Anýzová | Petr Kopriva | Jirí Prýmek | Jan Klusák | Libuše Komancová | Karel Engel | Alena Stojáková | Otto Hradecký | Martin Wielgus | Jiřina Machalická | Michaela Klocová | Zdenka Kovářová | Bedřiška Chalupská | Robert Nezval | Miroslava Hozová | Viola Zinková | Nina Divíšková | Hana Maciuchová | Eva Olmerová | Jana Andresíková | Alice Auspergerová | Eva Hnátková | Z. Bláhová | Kristina Maarová | Jarmila Langášková | Karel Belohradský | Antonín Cmíral | Přemysl Krbec | Karel Medek | Petr Porada | Jiří Šťastný | P. Dušek | M. Foltýn | J. Kolář | V. Navrátil | Jan Berka | Jan Žižka | M. Hotový | M. Rohan

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
10/05/2022ComputerBroadcastOther7.5 stars
10/17/2017TVBlu-rayLibrary0 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Emily’s last programming night in her Czech film series for TRR-TV, and a great one at that. I should just buy the Criterion release. It’s just so weird and delightful for being so wired.

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